Improvement in cork-extractors



W. W. TUCKER. Gbrk-Extraotor;

No. 207,631. Patented Sept. 3.1878.

N. PEYERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D Q UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM W. TUCKER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORK-EXTRACTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,631, dated September 3, 1878; application filed April 8, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. TUCKER, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements pertaining to a Cork-Extractor, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is a side view of the extractor in the position or adjustment which it has when the corkscrew is inserted in a cork. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same in the position or adjustment which it has when the cork has been drawn. Fig. 3 is aview of the bifurcated foot from the position denoted by the arrow in Fig. 1.

The letter a denotes a ring, which sits and fits upon the mouth of the bottle. The letter b denotes afoot projecting downward therefrom and bifurcated, so as to (in a limited sense) embrace the neck of the bottle.

The letter 0 denotes a standard rising from the ring a, to the upper end of which is pivoted the bearing (1 for the shaft e, which has at the top a proper handle or head whereby to rotate it.

In the lower end of the shaft 0 is swiveled the corkscrew f, having a peculiarly-shaped upper end, one side (the side f being straight, by which 1 mean that the side f is perpendicular when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, and the end proper, f, being beveled downward, as shown by dotted line in Fig. 1, so that when the shaft 0 is thrown down sidewise to draw a cork, said shaft can go down below a horizontal, and so raise the cork entirely out of the bottle-mouth.

On what, for convenience sake, I term the back side of the shaft 0 is the spring 9, acting in conjunction with the straight side f to keep the shaft 6 and screw f in the same line when the screw is being driven into the cork, but allowing the shaft e to be thrown down sidewise to draw the cork, as shown in Fig. 2, somewhat as a knife-blade in a pocket-knife is opened and shut.

In using this device the screw is started and driven into the cork till the ring it comes down upon the mouth of the bottle then the shaft 0 is thrown down sidewise, as shown in Fig. 2, and the cork is drawn, the shaft, by its bearing-arm cl, turning on the upper end of the standard 0 as on a fulcrum, the ring a and the bifurcated foot I) meanwhile holding the device steady, and avoiding the necessity for any strong grasp of the bottle.

I claim as my invention The ring a, the bifurcated or broadened foot 1), standard 0, pivoted bearingarin d, rotary sh aft 6, pivoted screwf, and spring g, all c0111- bined and arranged substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

WVILLIAM XV. TUCKER.

\Vitnesses:

- WM. E. SIMoNDs,

HENRY SMALL. 

